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The Green Flag

Format

Paperback

Price

$22.00

Paperback

ISBN 9780140291650

896 Pages

1 May 2001

Penguin Books

18 and up

Overview

Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee’s treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His authoritative and comprehensive history is masterly in its detail and judicious analysis. A classic in its field, this is essential reading for anyone attempting to understand the complex historical forces that have shaped Ireland.

Table of Contents

List of MapsList of TablesList of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments

Part One: Who Were Irishmen?1. Treaty Night2. Contradictions of Irish Nationality3. Strongbow (1170) to the Ulster Plantation (1609)4. Great Rebellion (1641) to Penal Laws (1703)5. Majority Living (1703-1880)6. Minority Politics, 18th Century

Part Two: The First Irish Republicans1. Ireland and the French Revolution2. Wolfe Tone and Samuel Neilson3. United Irishmen and Defenders4. French Contacts5. Defenders and Orangemen6. Bantry Bay7. United Irishmen in Trouble8. New French Preparations9. Repression, 179810. Rebellion in Wexford11. Collapse of United Irishmen12. The French Landing

Part Three: The Union1. The Making of the Union2. Robert Emmet’s Fall and Rise3. The Failure of the Union4. Daniel O’Connell and Catholic Emancipation5. The Repeal Debate6. O’Connell and Davis7. ‘Monster Meetings’8. Biding Time After Clontarf9. O’Connell’s Imprisonment and After10. More ‘Monster Meetings’11. Repeal, Famine, and Young Ireland12. The Irish Confederation13. Smith O’Brien’s ‘Rising’ 184814. The Corpse on the Dissecting Table15. Beginnings of the Fenian Movement16. James Stephens at Work17. Stephens In and Out of Trouble18. 1867: Bold Fenian Men19. The Manchester Martyrs

Part Four: The Tragedy of Home Rule1. Beginnings of Home Rule2. Parnell and the Land Crisis3. Parnell and Home Rule4. The Orange Card5. Parnell’s Fall6. Second Home Rule Bill: Orangemen at Play7. Nationalists at Ease8. Growth of National Consciousness9. Arthur Griffith and Sinn Fein10. Asquith and the Third Home Rule Bill11. Ulster Volunteers12. The Liberal Nerve Begins to Fail13. Volunteers and Home Rule14. Volunteers and the European War15. The ‘Sinn Fein’ Volunteers16. Casement in Germany17. The Dublin Rising, 191618. Executions and Negotiations